Auctionbytes-NewsFlash, Number 1078 - August 04, 2005 - ISSN 1539-5065      Previous Story |

By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
August 04, 2005
Reading AuctionBytes: AuctionBytes Newsflash: Other Online Auction News, August 4, 2005

Here is the AuctionBytes online-auction news roundup for Thursday, August 4, 2005.

Industry News & Trends

"Yahoo, Microsoft Enhance Ad Focus," By KEVIN J. DELANEY and ROBERT A. GUTH, Wall Street Journal, 8/3/05
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http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112303454480603409,00.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news

"Craigslist's silent emergence," By Jorn Madslien, BBC News, 8/3/05 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4724165.stm

"USPS Board: Without Reform, Rate Increase in 2007," By Melissa Campanelli, DMNews.com, 8/3/05 http://dmnews.com/cgi-bin/artprevbot.cgi?article_id=33662

"Phone sex firm's odd bedfellows," by David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle, 8/3/05 http://digbig.com/4edpx

Fraud, Privacy, Security Issues

"Antiphishing group casts line at new threats," By Dawn Kawamoto, Cnet, 8/3/05
http://news.com.com/2100-7349_3-5816919.html

"Fake teen cops bought lights on eBay, police say," by Laurie Kaye (Los Angeles Times), AZCentral.com, 8/3/05
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0803impersonate03-ON.html